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2009-04-10doc: fix a typo: s/is a is a/is a/Jim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (Putting the tools together): Fix typo.
2009-04-07shred,sort,shuf: don't use /dev/urandom by defaultPádraig Brady
Suggestion from Steven Schveighoffer at: http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?6797 to greatly speed up the random passes done by shred. * gl/lib/randread.c: Default to using the internal pseudorandom generator, rather than reading /dev/urandom * src/shred.c (usage): remove mention of /dev/urandom * src/shuf.c (usage); ditto * src/sort.c (usage): ditto * doc/coreutils.text: Document the new behaviour for aquiring random data.
2009-04-07doc: add missing documentation for some SELinux optionsPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Describe the --context (-Z) option (install invocation): Describe the --preserve-context and -Z options (id invocation): Describe the --context (-Z) option (mkdir invocation): ditto (mknod invocation): ditto (mkfifo invocation): ditto * TODO: remove the todo item
2009-04-06* doc/code-vs-command: Remove long-unused, never-distributed file.Jim Meyering
2009-04-04maint: clean up Makefile.am, rename remaining ChangeLog filesJim Meyering
* Makefile.am (changelog_etc, syntax_check_exceptions): Define. (EXTRA_DIST): Use. Remove names that are now automatically included: build-aux/git-version-gen, build-aux/vc-list-files. * build-aux/ChangeLog-2007: Rename from */ChangeLog. * doc/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise. * lib/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise. * m4/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise. * po/ChangeLog-2007: Likewise.
2009-03-25pwd: support -L and -PEric Blake
* src/pwd.c (longopts): New variable. (logical_getcwd): New function. (main): Use it. (usage): Document new options. * doc/coreutils.texi (pwd invocation): Likewise. * NEWS: Likewise. * TODO (pwd): Mark it done. * tests/misc/pwd-option: New file. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add test. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Paul D. Smith, in savannah bug 24949.
2009-03-25doc: update suffix regex in version sortOndřej Vašík
* doc/coreutils.texi: Reflect current filevercmp regex.
2009-03-18tests: add another sort/nmerge testPaul Eggert
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add sort-merge-fdlimit. * tests/misc/sort-merge-fdlimit: New file. * doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Document that we now silently lower nmerge if necessary. Patch by Paul Eggert, Nima Nikzad, Max Chang, Alexander Nguyen, Sahil Amoli, and Nick Graham.
2009-03-13doc: update "version sort" documentationKamil Dudka
* doc/coreutils.texi: Reflect current filevercmp behavior.
2009-03-11cp: make -a option preserve xattrs, but with reduced diagnosticsOndřej Vašík
* copy.c (copy_attr_by_fd): Reduce xattr diagnostics for 'cp -a'. (copy_attr_by_name): Likewise. * cp.c (main): Preserve xattrs with -a option, when possible. * doc/coreutils.texi: Document that xattrs are preserved with cp -a, with no added diagnostics. * NEWS: Mention the change. * tests/misc/xattr: Add tests for 'cp --preserve=all' and 'cp -a'.
2009-03-02dist: automate the post-release web-manual update processJim Meyering
* maint.mk (web-manual): New rule, from m4's maint.mk. * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add gendocs.
2009-02-22doc: describe dd's status=noxref optionAndrew Church
* doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Describe status=noxref.
2009-02-19doc: dd: document that the default block size is 512 bytesJim Meyering
* src/dd.c (usage): Document the default block size. * doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Document that the default block size (bs, ibs, obs) is 512 bytes. Reported by Petr Uzel.
2009-02-18cp: -a now preserves SELinux context, with reduced diagnosticsOndřej Vašík
* copy.c (copy_reg): Reduce SELinux context diagnostics for 'cp -a'. (copy_internal): Likewise * copy.h (cp_options): Add boolean reduce_diagnostics. * cp.c (usage): Say that --archive (-a) behaves like -dR --preserve=all. (cp_option_init): Initialize added reduce_diagnostics. (main): Add reduce_diagnostics for the -a option, and preserve SELinux context, if possible. * mv.c (cp_options_init): Initialize new cp_options booleans. * install.c (cp_option_init): Likewise. * NEWS: Mention those behaviour changes. * doc/coreutils.texi: Document --preserve=context, document that diagnostics are not shown for failures of non-mandatory attributes (just SELinux at the moment). * tests/cp/cp-a-selinux: Check not only failures, but succesful use of preserving SELinux context in cp.
2009-02-18add missing copyright datesEric Blake
* NEWS: Add 2009 to copyright. * README: Likewise. * README-hacking: Likewise. * TODO: Likewise. * doc/Makefile.am: Likewise. * m4/prereq.m4: Likewise. * src/nl.c: Likewise. * src/seq.c: Likewise. * tests/cp/cp-i: Likewise. * tests/install/install-C: Likewise. * tests/install/install-C-root: Likewise. * tests/install/install-C-selinux: Likewise. * tests/misc/seq: Likewise. * tests/mv/mv-n: Likewise.
2009-02-17install: add --compare (-C) option to install file only when necessaryKamil Dudka
* src/install.c (have_same_content): New function to compare files content. (extra_mode): New function checking for non-permission bits in mode. (need_copy): New function to check if copy is necessary. (main): Handle new option --compare (-C). (copy_file): Skip file copying if not necessary. (usage): Show new option --compare (-C) in --help. * tests/install/install-C: Basic tests for install --compare (-C). * tests/install/install-C-root: Tests requiring root privileges. * tests/install/install-C-selinux: Tests requiring SELinux. * tests/Makefile.am: Add new tests for install --compare (-C). * doc/coreutils.texi: Document new install option --compare (-C). * NEWS: Mention the change.
2009-02-11ln: add details to --help textEric Blake
* src/ln.c (usage): Mention more about symlink properties. * doc/coreutils.texi (ln invocation): Likewise. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Vitali Lovich. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
2009-02-02date doc: warn at -d about LC_TIMEjidanni@jidanni.org
We also warn here about LC_TIME, so the user will know even if he doesn't look in the @xref{Date input formats}.
2009-02-02document sort --ignore-case --unique interactionjidanni@jidanni.org
2009-01-29cp/mv: add xattr supportKamil Dudka
This patch was originally written by Andreas Grünbacher, nowadays available at http://www.suse.de/~agruen/coreutils/5.91/coreutils-xattr.diff * bootstrap.conf: Add gnulib module verror. * po/POTFILES.in: Add lib/verror.c. * m4/xattr.m4: Check for libattr availability, new configure option --disable-xattr. * m4/prereq.m4: Require gl_FUNC_XATTR. * src/Makefile.am: Link cp, mv and ginstall with libattr. * src/copy.h: Add preserve_xattr and require_preserve_xattr to cp_options. * src/copy.c (copy_attr_error): New function to handle errors during xattr copying. (copy_attr_quote): New function to quote file name in error messages printed by libattr. (copy_attr_free): Empty function requested by libattr to free quoted string. (copy_attr_by_fd): New fd-oriented function to copy xattr. (copy_attr_by_name): New name-oriented function to copy xattr. (copy_reg, copy_internal): Call copy_extended_attributes function. * src/cp.c (usage): Mention new --preserve=xattr option. (decode_preserve_arg): Handle new --preserve=xattr option. * src/mv.c: Always attempt to preserve xattr. * src/install.c: Never attempt to preserve xattr. * tests/misc/xattr: New test for xattr support in cp, mv and install. * tests/Makefile.am: Add the new test to list. * doc/coreutils.texi: Mention xattr support, new --preserve=xattr option. * NEWS: Mention the change.
2009-01-22doc: shred: Correct docs on default number of overwrites.Pádraig Brady
* NEWS: Mention the change to the default number of passes. * doc/Makefile.am: Update constants.texi with the default number of passes shred uses, so that the documentation will automatically reflect any future changes. * doc/coreutils.texi (shred invocation): Update the description of the --iterations option to have the correct default number, while still conveying that there are 25 internal patterns that may be useful.
2009-01-14cp/mv: add --no-clobber (-n) option to not overwrite targetKamil Dudka
* src/cp.c (usage): Show new option -n in --help. (main): Handle new option -n. * src/mv.c (usage): Show new option -n in --help. (main): Handle new option -n. * doc/coreutils.texi: Document new cp/mv option -n. * tests/cp/cp-i: Add tests for -f, -i and -n options. * tests/mv/mv-n: New test for mv -n. * tests/Makefile.am: Add test mv/mv-n to the list. * NEWS: Mention the change.
2009-01-08option handling: make exceptions more consistentEric Blake
* doc/coreutils.texi (Common options): Not all utilities reject option abbreviations. * src/chroot.c (main): Report correct name on failure. * src/echo.c (usage): Clarify long option usage. * src/setuidgid.c (usage): Likewise. * src/hostid.c (usage): Condense.
2009-01-05doc: pathchk description enhancementsPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (pathchk invocation): Mention pathchk checks validity (for current system) as well as portability. Say messages go to stderr, and reorder description of checks done for the -p option, to match what's done in code. * src/pathchk.c (usage): Mention pathchk checks name validity. Suggested clarifications were from Dan Jacobson.
2009-01-01update copyright yearJim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi: Likewise. * tests/sample-test: Likewise.
2008-12-27doc: mention long option abbreviationEric Blake
* doc/coreutils.texi (Common options): Give example of abbreviating options. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Adam Jimerson.
2008-12-26dd: add support for opening files in Concurrent I/O (CIO) modeMatt Harden
* src/dd.c (O_CIO): New flag. * src/dd.c (O_FULLBLOCK): Add O_CIO to the list of flags that O_FULLBLOCK should be greater than. * src/dd.c (flags): Give the name "cio" to the new O_CIO flag, mirroring the treatment of O_DIRECT. * src/dd.c (usage): Add a description of the new flag when it is available. * doc/coreutils.text (dd invocation): Describe the new flag. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
2008-12-23doc: stty: Clarification of some input and output settingsPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (stty invocation): Clarify any ambiguity in regard to the direction of input and output settings. Add some notes on the case changing settings. Most of the text was supplied by Dan Jacobson.
2008-12-16du: -H now does what POSIX requiresJim Meyering
* src/du.c (usage): Update --help output. (main): Move -H-handling code from the --si block to the one for --dereference-args (-D). * doc/coreutils.texi (du invocation): Update description. * NEWS (Changes in behavior): Mention this.
2008-12-13doc: pr: formatting correctionsJim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (pr invocation): Fix some overzealous uses of @var. Reported by Andreas Schwab.
2008-12-01doc: Make descriptions of ASCII NUL and --zero-terminated option consistentPádraig Brady
doc/coretuils.texi: Refactor shuf, sort and uniq --zero-terminated option to use the same text. Also refer to NUL characters as @acronym{ASCII} @sc{nul} consistently.
2008-12-01doc: enforce @var{lower} policyJim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi: Fix remaining violations. * doc/Makefile.am (sc-lower-case-var): New rule. Add some command-suppressing "@" directives so that a successful "make check" run is less noisy.
2008-12-01doc: Tweak info docs to standarise on lower-case @var{file}Pádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi: s/@var{FILE}/@var{file}/
2008-12-01doc: Improve description of --files0-from optionPádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi: Describe the most common usage of --files0-from=- to read names from stdin. * src/du.c: Likewise. * src/sort.c: Likewise. * src/wc.c: Likewise.
2008-11-26doc: fix typo in units factorization, removed TODO itemsOndřej Vašík
* doc/coreutils: switch typo (switched gibibytes/gigabytes) * TODO: removed missing chcon and runcon documentation from list
2008-11-26doc: factor out list of suffix-to-number (e.g., KB->1000B) mappingsJim Meyering
* coreutils.texi (multiplierSuffixes, multiplierSuffixesNoBlocks): New macros. (od invocation, head invocation, tail invocation, split invocation): (truncate invocation): Use them.
2008-11-26doc: tail: one more s/bytes/n/ changeJim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Make one more @var{bytes} -> @var{n} change.
2008-11-26doc: tail: fix description of --bytes=N (-c)Pádraig Brady
* doc/coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Use @var{n} consistently, not a mix of that and @var{bytes}. Reported by anonymous in <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?24934>.
2008-11-23doc: move @shortcontents and @contents from end to startKarl Berry
* doc/coreutils.texi: Move @shortcontents and @contents from the end to the beginning, just after "@end titlepage".
2008-11-23doc (stat): clarify: there are two sets of format directivesJim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Clarify description of --file-system format directives.
2008-11-23doc (stat): correct formatting in coreutils.texiKarl Berry
* doc/coreutils.texi (stat invocation): Move the list of regular, non-file-system, format directives from the description of --terse, out of the enclosing table.
2008-11-22Revert part of "dd: avoid unnecessary memory copies"Pádraig Brady
This reverts part of commit fbd87029cfc494a72bb73ade27ef46382c5bc832. Paul Eggert noticed the problem in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2008-11/msg00153.html * doc/coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Clarify.
2008-11-11Update references to GFDL: 1.2 -> 1.3Jim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi: Likewise. * doc/perm.texi: Likewise. * old/fileutils/NEWS: Likewise. * old/sh-utils/NEWS: Likewise. * old/textutils/NEWS: Likewise.
2008-10-25factor: remove --bignum and --no-bignum optionsPaul Eggert
Here's a patch to remove the --bignum and --no-bignum options from 'factor'. The case for removing --bignum isn't as strong as that for 'expr', but still, it seems to me that these options are not needed and complicate the documentation unnecessarily. * doc/coreutils.texi (factor invocation): Remove --bignum, --no-bignum. * src/factor.c (algorithm, ALGORITHM_CHOICE, USE_BIGNUM, NO_USE_BIGNUM): Remove; all uses removed. (extract_factors_multi): Remove, replacing with.... (print_factors_multi): New function, with signature similar to that of new signature of print_factors_single. (print_factors_single): Migrate checking code to caller. (print_factors): Use GMP if it's available; don't bother asking user. Improve accuracy of check for "large" numbers. (long_options, main): Remove support for --bignum.
2008-10-23ls: use '.' (not +) as SELinux-only alt. access flag in ls -l outputJim Meyering
* src/ls.c (gobble_file) [long_format]: Map SELinux-only to '.', any other nonempty combination of MAC and ACL to '+', and all else to the usual ' '. Suggested by Michael Stone. * tests/misc/selinux: Adapt: expect '.', not '+'. * doc/coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Document this. * NEWS (Changes in behavior): Mention it.
2008-10-15expr: remove --bignum and --no-bignum optionsPaul Eggert
* doc/coreutils.texi (expr invocation): Remove the --bignum and --no-bignum options. They weren't really needed, and they broke longstanding (albeit nonportable) scripts. * src/expr.c: Don't include <assert.h>. Include "inttostr.h", "long-options.h", "verify.h". Check at compile-time that size_t fits in unsigned long int, as the code assumes this in several places. (HAVE_GMP): Define to 0 if not defined, for convenience. (mpz_t, mpz_clear, mpz_init_set_ui, mpz_init_set_str, mpz_add): (mpz_sub, mpz_mul, mpz_tdiv_q, mpz_tdiv_r, mpz_get_str, mpz_sgn): (mpz_fits_ulong_p, mpz_get_ui, mpz_out_str): Supply substitutes when !HAVE_GMP, which work well enough for expr's purposes. (mp_integer): Remove. All integers are gmp, if gmp is available. (struct valinfo): Remove 'z' member; no longer needed. The 'i' member is always of type mpz_t. (enum arithmetic_mode, MP_NEVER, MP_ALWAYS, MP_AUTO, mode): Remove; no longer needed. (usage): Remove documentation of --bignum and --no-bignum. (integer_overflow): Abort if error misbehaves, to pacify GCC. Restore old message on arithmetic overflow, to be conservative. (die): Omit exit_status parameter; not needed (is always EXPR_FAILURE). (string_too_long, USE_BIGNUM, NO_USE_BIGNUM, long_options): Remove; no longer needed. (main): Don't use getopt_long; this breaks old nonportable scripts. (int_value): Arg is unsigned, in case we have strings whose length exceeds LONG_MAX (!). (int_value, freev, printv, null, tostring, toarith): (eval6, eval4, eval3): Always use mpz_ functions, to simplify the code. (substr_value): Remove; no longer needed. (getsize): Simplify the API: one arg rather than 3. Don't assume unsigned long int fits in size_t. (promote, domult, dodivide, doadd): Remove; no longer needed. * tests/misc/expr: Don't use --bignum to test for bignum support. Instead, use big numbers to test this.
2008-10-15doc: cp, mv: remove mention of deprecated --reply= optionJim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation, mv invocation): Don't mention it.
2008-10-13doc: ls: clarify exit status descriptionOndřej Vašík
* src/ls.c (exit_status): Clarify comments. (usage): Clarify exit status description in --help output. * doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Clarify exit status documentation Reported by Greg Metcalfe in <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/446294>.
2008-10-12doc: reorder tsort/ptx nodes so body and menu ordering are consistentJim Meyering
* doc/coreutils.texi (tsort invocation, tsort background): Move these nodes "down", so that they follow the ptx nodes, thus matching the alphabetized order in the menu. (tsort background): Make this a subsection. Suggested by Karl Berry.
2008-10-07doc: document runcon and chcon in SELinux context sectionOndřej Vašík
* doc/coreutils.texi: Document runcon and chcon. Add minimal SELinux context section.
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